Official 2019 London Marathon Discussion Thread

Mehhhhh wrote:

Barbour wrote:

Women’s Elite

1. Brigid Kosgei (KEN) — 2:18:20

2. Vivian Cheruiyot (KEN) — 2:20:14

3. Roza Dereje (ETH) — 2:20:51

4. Gladys Cherono (KEN) — 2:20:52

5. Mary Keitany (KEN) — 2:20:58

6. Emily Sisson (USA) — 2:23:08

7. Sinead Diver (AUS) — 2:24:11

8. Carla Salome Rocha (POR) — 2:24:47

9. Birhane Dibaba (ETH) — 2:25:04

10. Charlotte Purdue (GBR) — 2:25:38

12. Molly Huddle (USA) — 2:26:33

Very impressive run by Sisson!

Kipchoge obviously the GOAT, Mo is a 2:05 guy, and Hawkins the first clean runner across the line. Anything else I missed?

Spot on. Kiphchoge is the GOAT until the whole drug mess unravels. And even then, when it all falls apart, they may still protect him. With the Africans still being allowed to cheat for the most part, it's all a farce. One hopes that Hawkins isn't as naive as the general public and most LR posters, heh. It's a shame the sport is such a mess. Yes, great run by Sisson in hanging so close to the EPO crowd.

First Brit wrote:

Barbour wrote:

Women’s Elite

1. Brigid Kosgei (KEN) — 2:18:20

2. Vivian Cheruiyot (KEN) — 2:20:14

3. Roza Dereje (ETH) — 2:20:51

4. Gladys Cherono (KEN) — 2:20:52

5. Mary Keitany (KEN) — 2:20:58

6. Emily Sisson (USA) — 2:23:08

7. Sinead Diver (AUS) — 2:24:11

8. Carla Salome Rocha (POR) — 2:24:47

9. Birhane Dibaba (ETH) — 2:25:04

10. Charlotte Purdue (GBR) — 2:25:38

12. Molly Huddle (USA) — 2:26:33

That’s a nice run by Charlotte Purdue. PR by 3 minutes I believe. She could stand to lose some weight tho

Her form looks just like how the overweight females in my local run club look.

New age 34 record for Kipchoge. Beating Bekele’s old record.

Mo was close to Gharib’s age 36 record of 2:05:27. So he is not doing too bad for his age.

It will be interesting to see how fast Kipchoge will be in 2 years. Bekele could not hold on. Geb could not hold on and it seems that Farah cannot hold on either.

+1

Mo is one of the few so bold to actually violate the generous ABP thresholds, and thus got officially identified as "likely doper" in 2016.

He just got lucky that UKAD trusted him in 2011/12:

Kosgei hardly looked ruffled. She will be busted in the next couple of years.

First Brit wrote:

Barbour wrote:

Women’s Elite

1. Brigid Kosgei (KEN) — 2:18:20

2. Vivian Cheruiyot (KEN) — 2:20:14

3. Roza Dereje (ETH) — 2:20:51

4. Gladys Cherono (KEN) — 2:20:52

5. Mary Keitany (KEN) — 2:20:58

6. Emily Sisson (USA) — 2:23:08

7. Sinead Diver (AUS) — 2:24:11

8. Carla Salome Rocha (POR) — 2:24:47

9. Birhane Dibaba (ETH) — 2:25:04

10. Charlotte Purdue (GBR) — 2:25:38

12. Molly Huddle (USA) — 2:26:33

That’s a nice run by Charlotte Purdue. PR by 3 minutes I believe. She could stand to lose some weight tho

Charlotte Purdue is around 5 feet tall, if not shorter, and very slender. She is however very fair skinned and on tv may look chunkier than taller, darker athletes. Please don't make stupid remarks about female athletes. There are many male athletes who look chunky on tv.

For anyone who isn't interested in the crap in London town

This just in, confirmation that Mo’s money for EPO was stolen in EPOpia. The only thing that went wrong with his build up.

No wonder he was so mad.

Bad Wigins wrote:

I'd say Mo was done with the marathon but did he ever really get started?

Some track elites aren't cut out for the distance and should know when to quit before destroying themselves. It is clear Mo is a 2:05 guy at his peak.

Or, maybe all of his medals blinded people to the fact that he was never really that fast on the track. He was just a great tactician and closer. If the race would have been won in 2:06 Mo would have kicked for the win. Tactics don't matter when you are running against a goat who is just a lot faster.

seamless wrote:

Bad Wigins wrote:

I'd say Mo was done with the marathon but did he ever really get started?

Some track elites aren't cut out for the distance and should know when to quit before destroying themselves. It is clear Mo is a 2:05 guy at his peak.

Or, maybe all of his medals blinded people to the fact that he was never really that fast on the track. He was just a great tactician and closer. If the race would have been won in 2:06 Mo would have kicked for the win. Tactics don't matter when you are running against a goat who is just a lot faster.

Yeah, sir Mohammed thought he was going to control the race by hanging off the back like he used to do on the track, instead he fell off the back of the bus.

Hahaha.

douglas burke wrote:

They said the OTHER pacers are WAY AHEAD of Diver, I wish they showed up on the Leaderboard, If Jepkosgei is one of the Pacers she could decide to try and win,which would be REALLY INTERESTING

Jonathan Gault wrote:

I've asked the people giving out splits in London and didn't receive a clear answer. They're still running, and they don't show up on the leaderboard, but I've been told by Tim Hutchings that it's part of their contract that they have to drop out of the race.

That's quite a repressive condition to put in a contract.

If I was a pacer / competitor then I would pick some other marathon to compete in.

I wish Bekele was running. If you look at that guy who came 2nd close to Kip in 2:02:55, he is an unknown runner. You can't compair him to Bekele. A healthy uninjured and well trained Bekele would destroy that guy and would have to beat Kipchoge too because Kip wasn't that much faster than 2:02:55. I hope we get a few more busts this year. It is a complete joke that all of these guys are coming out of nowhere.

First Brit wrote:

Barbour wrote:

Women’s Elite

1. Brigid Kosgei (KEN) — 2:18:20

2. Vivian Cheruiyot (KEN) — 2:20:14

3. Roza Dereje (ETH) — 2:20:51

4. Gladys Cherono (KEN) — 2:20:52

5. Mary Keitany (KEN) — 2:20:58

6. Emily Sisson (USA) — 2:23:08

7. Sinead Diver (AUS) — 2:24:11

8. Carla Salome Rocha (POR) — 2:24:47

9. Birhane Dibaba (ETH) — 2:25:04

10. Charlotte Purdue (GBR) — 2:25:38

12. Molly Huddle (USA) — 2:26:33

That’s a nice run by Charlotte Purdue. PR by 3 minutes I believe. She could stand to lose some weight tho

Being a man, I feel so embarrassed when idiots make comments like this.

runnerdave wrote:

First Brit wrote:

That’s a nice run by Charlotte Purdue. PR by 3 minutes I believe. She could stand to lose some weight tho

Being a man, I feel so embarrassed when idiots make comments like this.

+1

She

Beat this woman, by a minute.

It's like say Bekele

Should lose weight, because he doesn't look like Tergat.

Banana Bread wrote:

I wish Bekele was running. If you look at that guy who came 2nd close to Kip in 2:02:55, he is an unknown runner. You can't compair him to Bekele. A healthy uninjured and well trained Bekele would destroy that guy and would have to beat Kipchoge too because Kip wasn't that much faster than 2:02:55. I hope we get a few more busts this year. It is a complete joke that all of these guys are coming out of nowhere.

No, Berkeley wouldn’t have beaten the 2nd, 3rd, or 4th guy. Probably wouldn’t even beat Mo. more likely to finish with Kipsang or most probable would be another DNF.

DNF for sure wrote:

Banana Bread wrote:

I wish Bekele was running. If you look at that guy who came 2nd close to Kip in 2:02:55, he is an unknown runner. You can't compair him to Bekele. A healthy uninjured and well trained Bekele would destroy that guy and would have to beat Kipchoge too because Kip wasn't that much faster than 2:02:55. I hope we get a few more busts this year. It is a complete joke that all of these guys are coming out of nowhere.

No, Berkeley wouldn’t have beaten the 2nd, 3rd, or 4th guy. Probably wouldn’t even beat Mo. more likely to finish with Kipsang or most probable would be another DNF.

I'll have the last laugh.

Can we briefly acknowledge that Molly wore the V800 rather than Polar's Vantage series?

Realistic realist wrote:

Can we put it to rest that Huddle is a top flight marathoner? Tired of hearing this.

She’s a mere few seconds better than Allie.

Over 26.2 she’s second tier.

Agree. Huddle's best shot at Tokyo 2020 remains the 10000 M, especially if Sisson opts for the marathon. Should focus on half-marathon down to 5K on the roads, 10000 on the track.

Mehhhhh wrote:

Very impressive run by Sisson!

Kipchoge obviously the GOAT, Mo is a 2:05 guy, and Hawkins the first clean runner across the line. Anything else I missed?

Ratnato Cranova wrote:

Spot on. Kiphchoge is the GOAT until the whole drug mess unravels. And even then, when it all falls apart, they may still protect him. With the Africans still being allowed to cheat for the most part, it's all a farce. One hopes that Hawkins isn't as naive as the general public and most LR posters, heh. It's a shame the sport is such a mess. Yes, great run by Sisson in hanging so close to the EPO crowd.

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